Michelle Obama and Illinois Election Law

Amanda Deisch, right, takes a photo as First Lady Michelle Obama casts her ballot, Thursday, at an early voting location in Chicago. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

The question arose after the first lady, who voted early at her Chicago precinct Thursday, responded to voters who voiced support for her husband. It’s unlawful in the state to have a “political discussion” or engage in “electioneering” within 100 feet of a polling place.

A pool report by Chicago Sun-Times reporter Abdon Pallasch said Obama had a photo taken with electrician Dennis Campbell, 56 years old. It quoted Campbell as saying, “She was telling me how important it was to vote to keep her husband’s agenda going.”

Pallasch told Washington Wire that the voters came up to Obama after they had cast their own ballots, and that they initiated conversation with her.

Election-law specialists said those circumstances mean Obama is off the hook…